The four states were rated in the National UFO Alert Rating System as a UFO Alert 1 which represents 4.01 or higher reports per million residents during the month of October 2014: West Virginia, 4.85; Maine, 4.51; Delaware, 4.36; and Colorado, 4.24.

Utah, Vermont and New Hampshire were the next highest reporting states showing between 3.03 and 4.0 reports per million residents and listed as a UFO Alert 2: Utah, 3.85; Vermont, 3.19 and New Hampshire, 3.03.

Oregon and Oklahoma earned an Alert 3 rating with reports per million residents between 2.51 and 3.0.

Kansas, South Carolina and Nebraska earned a UFO Alert 4 rating with reports per million residents between 2.01 and 2.5. All other states were listed as a UFO Alert 5 with 2.0 sightings per million residents or lower. These numbers are based on the month when an event occurred, and not the month in which it was reported.

As the highest reporting states per million residents, the actual report numbers are: West Virginia, 9; Maine, 6; Delaware, 4; and Colorado, 22.

The UFO Alert Rating System is based on five levels – 1 through 5 – where states with 4.01 or higher reports per million residents are rated an Alert 1; 3.01 – 4.0 reports are an Alert 2; 2.51 – 3.0 are an Alert 3; 2.01 – 2.5 are an Alert 4; and those states with 2.0 or lower are rated an Alert 5.

The UFO Alert Rating System has previously only reported on the raw numbers by state to rate each state. Beginning October 2014, the rating will change to rank states by population.

The object’s distance from the witness includes: Less than 100 feet, 82 cases; 101 to 500 feet, 114 cases; 501 feet to one mile, 163 cases; over one mile, 223 cases; unknown, 261; and no value stated, 26.

In addition, there were “17 landings, hoverings, or takeoffs reported and 0 entities observed.”

The most interesting UFO reports do not necessarily come from high reporting states – but those states with higher numbers do account for some of the most interesting evidence to study. While UFO sightings seem to pop up randomly around the country, this list is meant to offer a small insight into where Americans are filing reports.

Infographics for this reporting period were created by Outerplaces.com and include: Most Witnessed Shapes by State, Sightings By Country, Sightings By State, and Sightings Per Million People.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/daily-ufo-headlines-7213/22602/feed1A quarter of Americans believe aliens have visited Earthhttp://www.openminds.tv/a-quarter-of-americans-believe-aliens-have-visited-earth-1060/22408
http://www.openminds.tv/a-quarter-of-americans-believe-aliens-have-visited-earth-1060/22408#commentsFri, 21 Jun 2013 22:13:53 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=22408It seems like new results from polls related to UFOs and/or extraterrestrials are released every few months. So the fact that results from a recent UFO/ET poll were released today isn’t shocking.

This latest UFO poll, conducted by the Huffington Post and YouGov, reveals that fifty percent of Americans believe there is some form of life on other planets. But when asked if there is intelligent life on other planets, that number dropped to thirty-eight percent.

The poll results also reveal that a quarter of Americans believe aliens have visited Earth.

Britons seem more open to the idea of intelligent extraterrestrials, but they are less open to the idea of alien visitation. Based on data from a recent similar UFO poll, sixty-four percent of Britons believe intelligent life exists on other planets. But only nineteen percent believe extraterrestrials have visited Earth in UFOs.

The Huffington Post explains:

[The] poll was conducted June 11-12 among 1,000 adults using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population. Factors considered include age, race, gender, education, employment, income, marital status, number of children, voter registration, time and location of Internet access, interest in politics, religion and church attendance.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/daily-ufo-headlines-91812/17055/feed0NatGeo poll shows America’s thoughts related to UFOs, extraterrestrialshttp://www.openminds.tv/natgeo-poll-shows-u-s-interest-in-ufos-968/15835
http://www.openminds.tv/natgeo-poll-shows-u-s-interest-in-ufos-968/15835#commentsWed, 27 Jun 2012 23:49:06 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=15835As the premiere date approaches for their new series Chasing UFOs, the National Geographic channel (NatGeo) recently released poll data about American’s thoughts related to UFOs. NatGeo’s senior vice president of research and digital media, Brad Dancer, told USA Today, “We wanted to get a sense of how Americans view UFOs, what people believe and how mainstream pop culture may or may not be playing into their opinions on it.”

Poll results indicate that more than a third of the U.S. participants believe UFOs exist. Disturbingly, however, two percent of poll participants indicated they would “inflict bodily harm” upon encountering an extraterrestrial. Another interesting result from the poll shows that the majority of Americans feel President Obama is better suited than Mitt Romney to handle an alien invasion.

]]>http://www.openminds.tv/natgeo-poll-shows-u-s-interest-in-ufos-968/15835/feed0China launches a space laboratoryhttp://www.openminds.tv/china-launches-space-lab-796/12340
http://www.openminds.tv/china-launches-space-lab-796/12340#commentsThu, 29 Sep 2011 23:32:13 +0000http://www.openminds.tv/?p=12340China launched its first space laboratory module today that will serve as a space station module prototype for the country. With the launch of this space lab, known as Tiangong 1, China is taking major steps in building its human flight program.

According to Space.com, Russia and the United States are the only other countries that have developed “the capability to launch astronauts into space and return them safely to Earth”

The infographic below illustrates how the Tiangong 1 Space Lab will work.